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Author: NZDee
Date: 2020-01-14 04:12
Hi there,
I'm looking at a Selmer 10G with serial number M1329. Does anyone know if that's a good model? Sound, tone, ease of play etc.
Thanks
Denise
Post Edited (2020-01-14 06:06)
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Author: kdk
Date: 2020-01-14 05:19
Have you tried it yourself?
I play on 10Gs (an X-series Bb and an A-series A) and I like them very much. You say you're "looking at" it. Where are you seeing it? Online or is someone you know selling it?
Karl
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Author: NOLA Ken
Date: 2020-01-14 05:23
There's a lot of info about the 10Gs if you search this site. Try starting at the following:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=199692&t=199692
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Author: NZDee
Date: 2020-01-14 05:30
Hi kdk,
It's being sold online by a repair and sales shop. I am in New Zealand but about as far away from where the clarinet is being sold as I could be! I have owned a Yamaha 650 for a couple of years and have just never got on with it as well as I would like though the tone is beautiful, I just don't find it an easy clarinet to play.
The store doesn't courier clarinets out for people to try and I can't afford to fly to the other end of the country to try it out, and a couple of hours in a shop doesn't work for me as a try out anyway.
The advert includes:
"All pads are brand new Pisoni Premium Deluxe pads. It’s been set up and tested - Top playing condition.
Serial No: M1329
Made in France
Condition:
Very good - No scratches. There are minor silver plating wears on a few keys as per photos. Also, there is a minor chip on top of joint - please refer to one of photos. These do not affect any playing.
Features:
Body & Bell: Grenadilla
Keys: Silver plated
Thumb rest: Adjustable
Springs: Blue steel
Pads: Pisoni Premium Deluxe
Thanks!
Post Edited (2020-01-14 06:20)
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Author: NZDee
Date: 2020-01-14 06:06
Thanks NOLA Ken!
It doesn't read so well for the Selmer 10G!
There is also a Leblanc Opus I, that might be a better option?
Post Edited (2020-01-14 06:20)
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2020-01-14 16:58
Don't buy it if you can't do a trial. It could have tuning problems,
Steve Ocone
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2020-01-14 19:48
Hi David, what are you referring to as tone flexibility? Thanks! Bob
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2020-01-15 11:11
I bought a used X-series 10G online on a whim recently. It's definitely outside of the mythical Ralph Morgan "golden years", but I am really enjoying it, coming from the last 14 years on a very good R13.
The sound is more compact than my R13 and the low register is definitely smaller, but not necessarily in a bad way. The throat tones have a focus and clarity that I find delightful and the clarion is pretty and clear, though I don't think the clarion is really a problem on any clarinet I've played.
I find the intonation to be maybe a little different than I'm used to with my R13, but not necessarily worse.
At this point, the Selmer has become my main clarinet, though if I started playing in orchestras again and needed an A clarinet, I'd go back to the R13. I don't think I'd want to manage a 10G/R13 Bb/A pair. The differences in tone and feel are significant.
Based on what some people have said in other threads on this board, I might have gotten very lucky, but I'm quite fond of this clarinet.
I have no idea if that is helpful consumer advice, though!
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Author: fromsfca
Date: 2020-01-17 19:35
I've played both the Opus 1 and the Opus 2 (which I still own)...and play an Opus 1 Eb.
I was quite happy with both...I replaced the Opus 1 with a Yamaha CSG-Custom, which I'm also quite happy with, but could have stayed on the Opus 1 (to be fair, it had been worked for intonation).
The advantage of the Opus line is the left hand Eb/Ab key...which I think is a must.
Although a fan of Selmer clarinets, older clarinets like the 10G can have peculiarities of scale. I know shipping back and forth to/from NZ can be a problem...but being happy with a clarinet may require you to sample more than 1 or 2.
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Author: donald
Date: 2020-01-20 02:59
NZ Dee, that Opus that Sean has at his shop may be a steal at that price (he has mistakenly identified is as an "semi-professional" level instrument, which would come as a surprise to the prominent US orchestral players who used this model in the Chicago Symphony etc!!!!!).
If you'd like I could head over to Howick and play test it for you - my sister works nearby and I'm going to visit her in the next few days....
donald nicholls
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